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HORSE HAY-RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,833, dated October20, 1885.

Application filed January 23, 1885. Serial No. 158,761. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAXTON J. ARNOLD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hub bardston, in the county of Worcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in HorseHay-Rakes, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in horse hay-rakes; and itconsists in the combination of an axle having supporting-wheelsjournaled thereon, thills that are attached to the axle, and a rake-headthat is attached to the thills at an angle to the axle; and it furtherconsists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, thatwill be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed outin the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a horse hay-rake that isadapted to rake the hay into windrows as the rake advances withoutdumping the rake, the operation being continuous.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective of my invention.Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the same. Figs.4 and 5 are detail views.

Referring to the letters on the drawings, a represents an axle, which isbent so as to have one portion, a, higher than the remaining portions,and to the extremities of this axle are secured the wheels b.

c representsthills, one of which, 0, extends rearwardly from thecross-bar d, and is secured to the axle, as at e. The other thill, 0 hasa metallic extension, f, attached to it immediately in rear of thecrossbar, and this extension f curves upwardly,and is bent outwardlyfrom the thills, and its outer extremity is secured to the raisedportion of the axle, as

at f. Braces g are bolted to the thills and to the cross-bar, and abrace, h, connects the straight thill c to the axle, as shown. To therear end of this thill is bolted a bracket,i,which is bent upwardly, andin the rear end of this bracket is pivoted the rake-head 70, as at Z. Aprojection, m, is formed integrally with the extension f on the underrear side thereof in the same horizontal plane with the thills, and thisprojection is adapted for a pivotal con- 4 nection with the rake-head,as at Z.

By this construction it will be seen that the rake-head is secured tothe thills at an angle to the axle and not parallel thereto, and as thebracket 2' is bent upwardly that the rakehead is supported in a slightlyinclined position, the end is being higher than the end is, as shown inFig. 3. Curved spring rake-teeth n are secured on the rake-head in theusual These rake-teeth reach from the rake-head to the-ground, and asthe rake-head is slightly inclined from a horizontal position, as beforeset forth, it follows that the rake-teeth will be of slightly unequallengths, those nearest the point k being longer than those nearest thepoint To the center of the cross-bar d is bolted a support, 0, for thedrivers seatp, and to the rake-head, on one side of said seat, issecured the lower end of the lever r, the function of which is to enablethe driver to turn the rakehead in its bearings Z Z when it is necessaryto raise the rake-teeth above the ground for the purpose of avoiding anobstruction, or when the rake is in transportation and notin operation.

The operation of myinvention is as follows:

i The rake is drawn along the field and the hay is caught by therake-teeth, and owing to their being curved and to the angle at whichthe rake-head is placed with respect to the axle the hay is rolled up infront of the teeth and discharged therefrom at the point it as the rakeadvances, thus depositing the hay on one side of the rake in acontinuous line parallel with the direction in which the rake is moving,and forming a windrow, as will be very readily understood.

The action of my rake is continuous, and

there is no necessity for attention from the driver, other than to drivein a straight line and to lift the rake-teeth whenever necessary to doso in order to avoid an obstruction.

The escape end of the rake-head is raised higher than the opposite endin order to facilitate the passage of the hay therefrom.

Having thus described my invention, I clain1- 1. In a horse hay-rake,the combination of the axle, the thills attached thereto, and the rakeattached to the thills at an angle to the axle, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a horse hay-rake, a rake-head secured at an angle to the axle andin an inclined po- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as sition totheground,substantiallyasdeseribed. my own I have hereto aflixed mysignature 3. The combination of the axle, the thills in presence of. twoWitnesses.

attached to said axle, the rake pivoted to the SAXTON J ARNOLD. 5 thillsat an angle to the axle, and a lever for WVitnesses: tilting the rakefor the purpose set forth, sub- J AMES A. STILEs,

stantially as described. J. WALTER DAVIS.

